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Woodpecker
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special. The feet have two toes forward and two backward toes, but in the climbing process one of the back toes will slip to the side for additional support. These two rear feet assist in the clinging to sheer vertical surfaces. The feet work in conjunction with the tail to propel this bird up and down. This tail/feet phenomenon is common in the general woodpecker family.
The Pileated’s bill is shaped like a chisel. This allows the bird to remove large slabs of bark when excavating holes in both dead and live trees. The bill is also used as a hammer when the bird is drumming — its means of communication with other woodpeckers. The thick-walled skull and muscles of the skull and bill absorb this powerful pounding that goes on day after day. No headaches for this guy!
The nostrils above the bill have tufts as protection from woodchips and sawdust that result from this industrious bird’s workload.
The Pileated woodpecker’s main food sources are carpenter ants and beetles, which live, in both dead and live trees. Tb be able to catch this prey, the birds use their extremely long (5”) tongues that have barbs at the end. We have watched a Pileated knock bark off a dead pine, its tongue darting about to catch the wary insects. Other items in their diet are flies, moths, grubs and native berries — wild cherry, grapes, sumac, poison ivy, black gum and dogwood. Acorns top off their
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